 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1850 - 764 pages
...and gone, And of Earl Walter,t rest him God ! A braver ne'er to battle rode: And how full many a talc he knew Of the old warriors of Buccleuch; And, would the noble dutchess deign To listen to an old man's strain, Though stiff his hand, his voice though weak He thought,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 pages
...good Earl Francis, dead and gone, And of Earl Walter, rest him God ! A braver ne'er to battle rode: And how full many a tale he knew, Of the old warriors...man's strain, Though stiff his hand, his voice though weakj He thought even yet, the sooth to speak, That, if she loved the harp to hear, The humble boon... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 pages
...Earl Francis,1 dead and gone, And of Earl Walter,' rest him, God 1 A braver ne'er to battle rode ; And how full many a tale he knew, Of the old warriors...Duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain, Though sii.T lus liana, his voice though weak, He thought even yet, the sooth to speak, Tliai, if she loved... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1853 - 300 pages
...good Earl Francis, dead and gone, And how full many a tale he knew Of the old warriors of Buccleugh; And, would the noble duchess deign To listen to an old man's straira, Though stiff his hand, his voice though weak, He thought, even yet, — the sooth to speak,... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...good earl Francis, dead ami gone, And of earl Walter, rest him God ! A braver ne'er to battle rode : And how, full many a tale he knew, Of the old warriors of Buccleugh ; And, would the noble duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain, Though stiff his hand,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 pages
...good Earl Francis, dead and gone, And of Earl Walter, rest him, God ! A braver ne'er to battle rode ; And how full many a tale he knew, Of the old warriors...deign To listen to an old man's strain, Though stiff hia hand, his voice though weak, He thought even yet, the sooth to speak, That, if she loved the harp... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1855 - 326 pages
...good Earl Francis, dead and gone, And how full many a tale he knew Of the old warriors of Buccleugh ; And, would the noble duchess deign To listen to an...though weak, He thought, even yet, — the sooth to speuk,— That, if she loved the harp to hear, He could make music to her ear. The humble boon was... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1855 - 914 pages
...Earl Francis,1 dead and gone, And of Earl Walter,' rest him, God 1 A braver ne'er to battle rode ; And how full many a tale he knew, Of the old warriors...noble Duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain, Th'iugh stiff his hand, his voice though weak, He thought even yet, the sooth to speak, Tliat, if she... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 pages
...Earl Francis, a dead and gone, And of Earl Walter,'' rest him, God I A braver ne'er to battle rode ; And how full many a tale he knew, Of the old warriors...man's strain, Though stiff his hand, his voice though wean, He thought even yet, the sooth to speak, That, if she loved the harp to hear, He could make music... | |
 | Walter Scott - Poetry, English - 1857 - 354 pages
...Earl Francis,1 dead and gone, And of Earl Walter,2 rest him, God ! A braver ne'er to battle rode ; And how full many a tale he knew, Of the old warriors of Bucclcuch : And, would the noble Duchess deign To listen to an old man's strain, Though stiff his hand,... | |
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Though stiff his hands, his voice though weak, He thought even yet, the sooth to speak. That if she loved the harp to hear, He could make music to her ear. 
